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Minimaforms

Minimaforms was founded in 2002 by
brothers Stephen and Theodore Spyropoulos as an experimental architecture and
design practice. Using design as a mode of enquiry, the studio explores
architecture and design than can enable new forms of communication. Embracing a
generative and behavioral approach the studio develops open systems that
construct participatory and interactive frameworks that engage the everyday.

Pushing
the boundaries of art, architecture and design the work of Minimaforms is
interdisciplinary and forward thinking exploring digital design and fabrication
along with communication technologies seeking to construct spaces of social and
material interaction. In 2010, Minimaforms was nominated for the International Chernikhov Prize in
architecture. In 2008 their project Memory Cloud was named one of the top ten
international public art installations by the Guardian.

Recent
projects include two thematic pier landmarks and the illumination concept for a
Renzo Piano’s master planned 760 acre National Park in Athens, a large scale
land art work in Norway, a vehicle in collaboration with artist Krzysztof
Wodiczko, a behavior based robotic installation for the FRAC Centre and
immersive ephemeral environment for the city of Detroit. The work of
Minimaforms is in the permanent collections of the FRAC Centre (France), the
Signum Foundation (Poland) and the Archigram Archive (UK). In 2008 their
project Memory Cloud was named one of the top ten international art
installations by the Telegraph. Recent exhibitions have included work shown at
the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Detroit Institute of Arts, ICA (London),
FRAC Centre (France), Futura Gallery (Prague), Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava),
and the Architecture Foundation (UK). They have been featured in international
media including BBC, BBC radio, Robert Elms Show, Wired Magazine, Fast Company,
Guardian, Blueprint, and Icon Magazine. They were named Creative Review’s “One
to Watch.”